The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Mrs. II. f. HILL is in Concord.
Miss MARY WILLARD has returned from
Florida.
Miss LILLIAN j. SMITH is teaching school
in Marshfeld.
JANAUscHEK is booked to appear in Mont
pelier early in June.
Hon. ROSWELL FARNHAM is among the
guests at the Pavilion.
The band will give another open-air con-
cert on the Pavilion lawn on Friday evening
of this week.
ATTENTION is called to the announcement
of meeting of the board of civil authority
to be found in another column.
REV. o. NJ. HILTON of st. Albans preached
at the Church of the Messiah Sunday, in
exchange with Rev. Mr.. Wright.
FRANK HUNTINGTON is at home from Ber-
muda, intending to go to the White Noun
tains as clerk in one of the hotels as soon
as the season opens.
JOEL FOSTER sprained his ankle quite
seriously in alighting from his wagon on
Wednesday, and has since been compelled
to go about on crutches.
ROBINSON AND MCALLIsTER's Irish Com
edy and Speciality Company will give an
entertainment at the Blanchard Opera
house Tuesday evening, May 31st.
Mr.. F. w. BANCROFT has engaged to sing
the tenor part in Governs cantata, "The
Rose Maid" with the Beethoven Choral
Society at st. Johnsbury Monday evening,
May 30.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Washington county will hold its
annual institute in Barre May 26th and 9th.
Mrs. j. X. Barney will speak the last
evening.
Miss JENNIE PHINNEY has come east as
far as Emporia, Kansas, where she will
remain a few days. She is expected home
about the last of the present month or the
very first of June.
INIT" BosTwIcK and f. II. Farnsworth of
the Owl Glee Club of St. Adams left for the
West Monday evening. Both expect to 10.
cate in Nebraska and both have the best
wishes of many Montpelier friends.
THERE have been but three appeals from
the action of the listers in the appraisal OF
property this spring. The work of those
officers is nearly completed and the result
will be given to the public next week.
| PREACHING services may be expected in
the Morse school-house in East Montpelier
next Sunday afternoon, and on the alternate
Sundays thereafter during the summer and
fall, conducted usually by Mr.. Wright.
Mrs. SHIPMAN of Lisbon, n. H., mother
Of g. III. Shipman, who came Saturday
afternoon to visit her son and attend
the gospel meetings, fell soon after her ar
rival and fractured small bone of one o.
her ankles.
DIR. PENTECosT, whose presence is de
sired by over two hundred cities and town:
in this country and Europe, thinks seriously
of accepting an invitation TO labor in Bur
lington upon the completion of his engage
ment here.
REV. A. b. TRUAx, the newly-appointet
presiding elder, has moved into the Profes
sor Bishop cottage on Seminary Hill re
Gently vacated by N. Davis, who has re
moved to one C. II. Heath's new houses OF
Barre street.
A WINDSOR correspondent writes; "Georg'
III. Spencer, son of Rev. III. A. Spencer
formerly residing in Montpelier, preached
two earnest and very acceptable sermons
to large congregations in the Baptist churcl
in Windsor Sunday, May 10TH
MARY PERRIN, widow of the late N.
Bacon of Montpelier, and sister of Mr.
Charles Perrin, died at the home of friend
in Plainfeld Wednesday, after a brief i'll
ness, aged sixty-fve years. Funeral serv
ices were held Saturday, conducted by Rev
Mr.. Hincks, pastor of Bethany church, o
which she was faithful member, and sh
was buried in Plainfield.
AMONG the late arrivals at the Pavilion
are Norman Williams, Chicago; Hon. III. \
Royce, Hon. II. S. Taft, Hon. w. ii
Walker, Il. r. Hard Burlington; w. I
Dillingham;, Frank Plumley, e. w. Bisbet
j. p. Lamson, N. l.. Boyden, in attendanc
at court; Sheriff f. II. Atherton; Hon. j
Gregory Smith and Colonel George I